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Select cells easier and faster

Bastien — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:49:32 +0000

Huge speed improvement in the "Select » Select cells based on content, formatting and more..." utility due to a new developed algorithm.
The utility now works much much faster with large data-sets too.
Now available for download

How to: Protect multiple sheets at once

Bastien — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:52 +0000

The built in method of Excel allows you to only protect one sheet at a time. If you want to protect multiple sheets in Excel you have to protect them one by one. This can take a long time if you have many sheets and even might result in accidentally forgetting one.

With this tool protecting your sheets is much easier en furthermore a lot faster:
ASAP Utilities » Sheets » Protect multiple sheets at once...

Pre-release new version & Happy new year!

Bastien — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:06:47 +0000

First of all: Happy new year!
I wish you all the best, and less time in Excel and more time doing fun stuff like spending time with friends and family, taking long walks on the beach, swimming with your kids, riding your mountainbike, taking photographs, go geocaching, travel or whatever it is you 'd like to do.

The pre-release of the new version of ASAP Utilities is now available.

User question: How to delete cells based on content

Bastien — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:30:56 +0000

"Hi!
I couldn't find the following function in ASAP Utilities:
Delete cells based on content. Ex.: I would like to delete all cells (content) which is less than 3, greater than 100…. Would be nice when working with statistics."

Well, you can already do this in ASAP Utilities, but with an additional step.
First you can select those cells with the following tool, and then just hit the DEL key:
Select » Select cells based on content, formatting and more...

User question: How to enter the same value on multiple sheets (or in multiple cells at once)

Bastien — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:04:42 +0000

Today we received the following email:

Let me start by saying how wonderful I think your program is. It saves me a lot of time.
I just created 100 sheets and named them from a list using ASAP -great!
I then inserted the name of each sheet into a cell within the sheet using ASAP -fantastic!

Here's my problem:
In sheet one, I'd like to enter a formula in A2 and be able to copy it to A2 in the other 99 sheets. Can ASAP help me with this?
I'd also like to be able to do this with a value in A3.

Well, this can already be done with just Excel.

If you want to enter the same formula on all 100 sheets, just select all the sheets and then enter the formula in A2... However, instead of pressing Enter at the end, press Control+Enter at the end. That way the formula will be entered in all selected cells, also the same cell-address on the other selected sheets.
You can also use this Ctrl+Enter to enter the same value in all selected cells on the same sheet.

In case you're curious, the user used the following two tools to quickly create all the sheets:
Insert multiple sheets (uses the cell values as sheet names)...
Insert sheet(s) name in selected cell(s)

How to: Change the shortcuts used by ASAP Utilities

Bastien — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:46:22 +0000

Every now and then people ask us if it is possible to change the shortcuts that are used by ASAP Utilities. For example: "Hello, is it possible to change the Ctrl + Alt + J shortcut to something else?" Often because people already use the same shortcut for their own macro. Well, you can already do this easily the past 8 years (already since version 3.0.6 from September 2003)

How to change the shortcuts

You can easily change the shortcut to whatever you like via:
ASAP Utilities » Favorites & Shortcuts » Organize your favorite tools...

By using and customizing the Favorites menu and assigning your own shortcuts you can quickly access the tools you use the most frequently. And in Excel 2000, 2002 and 2003, you can also create a toolbar with your favorites tools.

ASAP Utilities released its new version (4.8.0) today!

Bastien — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:34:25 +0000

We're proud to officially announce the new version of ASAP Utilities!

New exiting tools have been added and several improvements have been made.

Do you often work with Excel's Filters or AutoFilters?
Do you need to export your worksheets as separate workbooks?
Did you ever wanted to change your conditional formatting to static formatting (like "copy > paste values" for formulas)?
Would you like a way to automatically have a cell's value or formula added as a comment?
Do you need to change the JD Edwards (AS/400) Julian dates to dates that Excel can handle?

... the new version that will do all this and more.

Download ASAP Utilities 4.8.0

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed their feedback and tested the pre-release!

[ PS. Do you use Facebook and do you like ASAP Utilities? ]

How to: Select a number of worksheets and export each as a single workbook

Bastien — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:37:02 +0000

I just received the following question from Azad from Australia:

Hi, Is it possible to select a number of worksheets and export as a single workbook?

As you probably already know, Excel itself doesn't have a option for this. It can be a time consuming job to save each worksheet as a separate workbook.

Fortunately it is very easy to do with the following tool from ASAP Utilities:
Export » Export worksheets as separate files...

PC Welt Germany: Useful extensions for Microsoft Excel

Bastien — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:00:51 +0000

We're proud to mention that the free ASAP Utilities Home&Student edition was featured in the January 2011 edition of the German PC Welt in an article about apps (addins) for Microsoft Office.

English Translation: "Useful extensions for Microsoft Excel....ASAP Utilities is a collection of Excel macros with several hundred commands for formatting worksheets and highlight records that meet certain conditions. Also, the creation of index sheets and file exports will be noticeably easier. The software creates an additional tab in the Excel 2007/2010 menu bar."

German: "Nützliche erweiterungen für microsoft Excel...Die ASAP Utilities sind eine Makro-Sammlung für Excel mit mehreren hundert Befehlen zum Formatieren von Arbeitsblättern und Einträgen, zum Markieren von Bereichen und für den gezielten Zugriff auf Daten, die bestimmte, Voraussetzungen erfüllen. Auch das Anlegen von Indexblättern und Dateiexporte werden damit deutlich vereinfacht. Die Software erstellt in Excel 2007/2010 einen zuszätlichen Reiter in der Menüleiste."

PC Magazine Netherlands: Ultimate free extra for Microsoft Excel

Bastien — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:00:46 +0000

We're proud to mention that the free ASAP Utilities Home&Student edition is featured in the October 2011 edition of the Dutch PC Magazine in an article about apps (addins) for Microsoft Office.

English Translation: "Firefox and Crome are well known for it, but Microsoft Office can also be improved with the use of extensions or "add-ins" as Microsoft calls them. We show you a few of our favorites.
....
ASAP Utilities: Ultimate free extra for Microsoft Excel, adds value for virtually every action for the experienced spreadsheet user. Also available in Dutch."

Dutch: "Ultieme gratis extra voor Microsoft Excel, die voor vrijwel elke handeling meerwaarde toevoegt voor de ervaren spreadsheetgebruiker. Ook in het Nederlands beschikbaar".